Portable Device Enumerator Service - Windows 8 Service

Enforces group policy for removable mass-storage devices. Enables applications such as Windows Media Player and Image Import Wizard to transfer and synchronize content using removable mass-storage devices.

Default Behavior

The Portable Device Enumerator Service runs as LocalSystem in a shared process of svchost.exe. Other services might run in the same process. If Portable Device Enumerator Service fails to start, the error is logged. Windows 8 startup proceeds, but a message box is displayed informing you that the WPDBusEnum service has failed to start.